I have to agree with Duke. For a person without much capital, futures or forex is the way to go. I prefer futures but if you have a system that works in forex more power to you. Leverage is a two edged sword. You can make a lot of money but lose your shirt as fast too. First of all, people have to define their time frame and risk tolerance before they get in the market. It will be different for all people. I intend to start a new thread with my trading strategies after the new year (if people are interested here). I will like to know from users whether they want to know about short-term futures strategies or long-term stock strategies. I won't have time to do both but I will do one. With stocks the daily moves are not so big so you need a longer-term horizon to catch the big moves. With futures you want to catch a part of the daily move and not lose money. It will be a long-only strategy. I short frequently but I would not recommend it to people that are new to trading.